superior
see also: Superior
Etymology
Superior
Proper noun
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see also: Superior
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior.
Pronunciation Adjectivesuperior (not comparable)
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
- Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- Of high standard or quality.
- 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread , chapter 3:
- She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule.
- Greater in size or power.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- 1711 December 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC ↗:
- There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […] than a brave man superior to his sufferings.
- The spelling has been modernized.
- Greater or better than average.
- Synonyms: extraordinary
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- a superior figure or letter
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- the superior jaw; the superior part of an image
(anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad. - (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- Synonyms: posterior
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- Synonyms: ascending
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- A genus is superior to a species.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- Synonyms: supercilious
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- auricularis superior
- levator palpebrae superioris
- Homo superior
- respondeat superior
- levator labii superioris
- levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
- French: supérieur
- German: überlegen, höher, höherstehend, übergeordnet
- Italian: superiore, sovraordinato
- Portuguese: superior
- Russian: вышестоя́щий
- Spanish: superior
- Russian: превосхо́дный
superior (plural superiors)
- A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
- Synonyms: overling
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- Hyponyms: father superior, mother superior
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
- Synonyms: superscript
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- French: supérieur
- German: Vorgesetzter, Vorgesetzte
- Italian: superiore
- Portuguese: superior
- Spanish: superior
Superior
Proper noun
- A number of places in USA:
- A town in Pinal County, Arizona.
- A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Raccoon, Parke County.
- A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
- A twp in Chippewa County, Michigan.
- A twp/and/ucomm therein, in Washtenaw County.
- A town/county seat in Mineral County, Montana.
- A small city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- A city, village, and civil town in Wisconsin. The city is the county seat of Douglas County.
- A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- Ellipsis of Lake Superior
- Ellipsis of Superior Craton
- Synonym of Superia
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